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Show CO co N' CO 3. A fecret allembly3 an affembly where | Convsrsaniensss, n. /i [from conver- 4. Behaviour3 manner of a&i‘flg‘ confpiracies are formed Ay, all of you have laid your heads togethe (Myfelf had notice of your conventicles And all to make away my guiltlefs life Shakefpeare's Henry V1 4. An affembly, in contempt It he revoked this plea too, 'twas becaufe h ' found the expe@ed couneil was dwindling into conventicley a packed aflfembly of Italian bifhops not a free convention of fathers from all quarters Atterbury Conve'NTICLER. 7./. [from conventicle. One that fupports or frequent and unlawful affemblies privat Another crop is too like to follow; nay, I fear it is unavoidable, if the conwenticlers be permitte Dryden ftill to fcatter Conve'NTION 1. Th 2. /o [conventio, Latin. a& of comin together ; union coalition ; junétion They are to be reckoned amongft the moft general affe@ions of the conwentions, or aflociations of feveral particles of matter into bodies of an certain denomination Boyle 2. An affembly Publick conventions are liable to all the infirmi sies, follies, and vices of private men 3. A contrad Swift an agreement for a time previous to a definitive treaty CoNVE'NTIONAL. adj. [from convention. Stipulated; agreed on by compact Conwentional fervices referved by tenures upo grants, made out of the crown or knights fervice Hale's Common Law Conve'NTiONARY. adj. [from conven2ion.] A&ing upon contraét ; fettle by ftipulations The. ordinary covenant of moft conventionar tenants are, to pay due capon and due harveft jourCarew's Survey neys Conve'NTUAL. adj. [conventuel, Fr.] Belonging to a convent ; monaftick Thofe are called conwventual priors, that have th chief ruling power over a monaftery Conve'NTUAL Ayliffe's Parergon 7. /. [from convent.] monk ; a nun ; one that lives ina convent I have read a fermon of a corventual, who lai 5t down, that Adam could not laugh before th Addifor's Speiator fall 99 CONVE'RGE. @. 7. [convergo, Lat. To tend to one point from differen places Where the rays from all the points of any objeft meet again, after they havg been made t _ converge by reflexion or refra@ion, there they wil make a pi¢ture of the objeét upon a white body Neavton's Opticks Enfweeping firf The lower fkies, they all at once converg . High to the crown of heaven. Thomfon's Autumn ConVE'RGENT. ) adj. [ from converge. ConvE'RGING. } "Tending to one poin from different parts CoNvVERGING Series See SERIES COoNVE'RSABLE. adj. [from comverfe. I is fometimes written conver/fible, but improperly 5 converfant converfation, con Qualified for converfation werfable. fit for company ; well adapted to th reciprocal communication of thoughts communicative That fire and levity which makes the youn fearce converfible, when tempered by years, make a gay old age Addifon Jable.] The quality of being a pleafin companion ; fluency of talk CoNVE'RSABLY. adv. [from converfable. In a converfable manner ; with th qualities of a pleafing communicativ companion CoNVE'RSANT. adj. [conver/ant, French. 1. Acquainted with ; having a knowledg of any thing acquired by familiarity an habitude; familiar: with iz The learning and fkill which he had by bein Hooker converfant in their books Let them make fome towns near to the mountain's fide, where they may dwell together wit neighbours, and be converfant in the view of th Spenfer's State of Ireland world Thofe who are converfant in both the tongues I leave to make their own judgment of it Dryden's Dufrefnoy He ufes the different diale€ts as one who ha been converfant with them all Pope's Effay on Humer 2. Having intercourfe with any ; acquainted ; familiar by cohabitation or fellowfhip ; cohabiting : with among or with All that Mofes commanded, Jofhua read befor all the congregation of Ifrael, with the women and the littl ones an th ftrangers tha wer Fof- viii. 35 converfant among them Never to be infected with delight Nor converfant with eafe and idlenefs Shakefpeare's King Fobn 0Old men who have loved young company, an been converfant continually ith them, have bee Bacon of long life Gabriel, this day by proof thou fhalt behold Thou, and all angels conwerfant on eart With man, or men's affairs, how I begi To verify that folemn meflage. Milton's Par. Reg To fuch a one, an ordinary coffeehoufe gleane of the city is an arrant ftatefman, and as much fuperiour t0o, as a man conwverfant about Whitehal and the court is to an ordinary fhopkeeper 3. Relatin to ; havin Locke for its objeét concerning : with about, formerly in The matters wherein church polity is converfant are the publick religious duties of the church Hogker If any think education, becaufe it is comwverfan about children, to be but a private and domeftic duty, he has been ignorantly bred himfelf Wotton on Education Difcretion, confidered both as an accomplifh ment and as a virtue, not only as converfant abou worldly affairs, but as regarding our whole exAddifor's Speciator iftence Indifference cannot but be criminal, when it i converfant about objets which are fo far from bein of an indifferent nature, that they are of th higheft importance to ourfelves and our country Addifon's Freebolder ConveRrSA'TION. 7. /. [converfatio, Lat. 1. Familia difcourfe ; chat eaf oppofed to a formal conference She went to Pamela's chamber talk meaning to jo her thoughts with the fweet conwerfation of he fifter Sidney ‘What I mentioned fome time ago in conwer/ation was not a new thought, juft then ftarted by acciSwift dent or occafion z. A particular a& of difcourfing upo -any fubje&; as, we had a long converfa tion on that queftion 3. Commerce ; intercourfe; familiarity The knowledge of me do of habitudes, an company and manners, the free converfation with the bef His apparent, open guilt Dryden T mean his converfation with Shore's wife. Shake[peare's Richard 111 e mon life Having your converfation honeft among the Gen tiles ? knowledge by on habits; Pra&ica ; acquaintance I fet down, out of long experience i converfation in books, whatI t muc an T pertinent to this bufinefs By experience and conwerfation with thefe bodies a man may be enabled to give a near €q'nj'é&m the metallic ingredients of any mafs. W"'M"J CoNVE'RSATIVE adj [ from converfs ‘Relating to publick life, and com with men ; not contemplative Finding him little ftudious and contempla the chofe to endue him with corverfative of youth 7o CONVERSE. @. n, [converfer conwerfor, Lat. 1. To cohabit with ; to hold in with ; to be a companion to T by with By approving the fentiments ofa perfon wit whom he converfed, in fuch particulars as were5{ h wo him over from thofe points i was miftaken Addifor's Freeh For him who lonelylove whic To feek the diftant hills, and there conwerf With nature Thomfon's Summer 2. To be acquainted with ; to be fam to action 1 will converfe aith iron-witted fools And unrefpective boys : none are for mé That look into me with confiderate eyes _ Shakefpeare's R Men then come to be furnithe with fe more fimple ideas from without, accordin as objedts they converfe with afford greater or variety i 3. To convey the thoughts reciproc talk S Go therefore half this day, as friend with Milton's Paradife Conwverfe with Adam Much lefs can bird wizh beaft, or fith wit Milton's Paradj L So well converfe 4. To difcourfe familiarly upon any fu je& : with oz before the thing We had converfed fo often on that fubjet, an he had communicated his thoughts ofit fo full to me, that I had not the leaft remainin culty Dryden's D 5. To have commerce with a diffe Being afked by fom of her fex, in ho to pray time 2 woman might be allowe gods, after having conwerfed with a m were a hufband ftranger, never fays fhe, the next day; i Gua CO'NVERSE. #. /. [from the verb Iti {fometimes accented on the firft fyllabf fometime on the laft Pope has ufe both : the firft is more analogical. 1. Converfation; manner of difcourfin familiar life g o His conwerfe is a fyftem fi Alone to fill up all her wit Swift Gen'rous converfe, a foul exempt from pride And love to praife with reafon on his fide Form'd by thy conwerfe happily to ftee From grave to gay, from lively to fevere Popt Pope 2. Acquaintance ; cohabitation ; familiarity Thoug it be neceffitated, by its relatio flefh, to a terreftrial converfe; yet it is, lik fun, without contaminating its beams Glanwille's Apol By fuch a free converfe with perfons of differen fe&s, we fhall find that there are perfons of goo worth i :;;‘d ME'}"' perfons of y:e}t{y fenfe and vutllae 3 [I |